Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Herrerasauria

Current position

†Herrerasauria (Order) Galton, 1985

Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109; Novas et al., 2021: fig. 1.

Alternative positions

Dinosauria (Clade) Owen 1841 [Padian & May 1993], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: fig. 1.5.
†Saurischia (Order) Seeley, 1887	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 396.
Saurischia (Clade) Seeley 1887 [Gauthier 1986], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: M.C. Langer, 2004: table 2.1 (p. [26]) [Otero et al., 2015: fig. 17]. [inferred rank]
†Staurikosauria (Suborder) Paul, 1988	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 621).
Theropoda (Clade) Marsh 1881 [Gauthier 1986]	Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 3 (fig. 1). [inferred rank]

Historical positions

†Saurischia (Order) Seeley, 1887	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 396, box 8.5.
Saurischia (Clade) Seeley 1887 [Gauthier 1986], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: M.C. Langer, 2004: table 2.1 (p. [26]), fig. 2.11B.
†Herrerasauria (Order) Galton, 1985	Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109, 113.
†Herrerasauria (Order) Galton, 1985	Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 104.
Dinosauria (Clade) Owen 1841 [Padian & May 1993], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: fig. 1.5.
†Staurikosauria (Suborder) Paul, 1988	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 621).

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†3g;2s;2
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 28 Nov 2023	[; †3g]
2004	M.C. Langer: table 2.1 (p. [26])	[; †2g;2s]
1991(1997)	D. Lambert & the Diagram Group	[; †4g]
1991	G. Olshevsky: 104	†3g;3s
1988	R.L. Carroll: 621	[; †2g]